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You know the sort- they leave you feeling washed out & exhausted. Read more about what they do & how you can protect yourself here:
Warding off the Energy Vampires

The first person I thought of was my 3 yr old, LOL <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I swear, at the end of the night, i'm draggin, and he's just revving up more and more (until he passes straight out)!

I have family members that are HUGE energy vampires. I am going to try the crystals.

LOL Michelle, bless his heart. I think toddlers are just naturally tiring- it's trying to keep up with them that does it! I read a piece where a top athlete tried to do everything a toddler did over a day & couldn't keep up.

Eva, I've found black obsidian very useful. You can visualise yourself curling up inside it & nothing nasty can get to you. This isn't about turning away from your family, but it is about preserving your own energy. In fact when you stop them draining you, you'll probably be able to think more fondly of them. (They may not like the change at first...they are going to have to learn to process energy for themselves!)

I enjoyed your article, Lauren, especially your tips! I tend to give too much energy to everyone and even though I've learned to avoid some vampires, I still get drained!

Sometimes the vampires provide a useful lesson for us about maintaining our boundaries & looking after ourselves. The most useful people in the world learn to look after themselves first, because if you fall apart you are no use to anyone else. I'm still working on that one myself <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

People are inseparable. We are all inter-connected, there is no difference or division between other people and us... Think of it as an ocean, vast and deep.... and watch the waves, rise, froth, curl and fall... all separate, but all made of the same water... and as they fall they reunite with the ocean, and intermingle and remain water, then they rise again... But they never lose the sameness with the ocean...
These vampires are exaggerated manifestations of our own fears, anxieties and despair... they simply manifest as a tsunami rather than a ripple.... but we recognise the same demons in them, as exist in us....
In order to shield ourselves form their influence, recognise your similarities, and weaknesses, but perceive also your own uniqueness and control. Be available, but guard yourself from being dragged under... remain on the crest, rather than falling to the depths.

We are all interconnected, you are right, this is the very reason that our own energy needs care. We can do great good through the web of life or great harm depending on our natures and intentions and we can receive energy from anywhere around the world through this interconnectedness.

Energy vampires simply can't get into a well maintained system. They do need something, possibly a fear or repressed feelings, to hook into, however most of us provide those hooks without realising it.

We all have a shadow self. Even me <img src="/images/graemlins/angel.gif" alt="" /> I wouldn't dream of printing the things I've been calling someone recently, although it would give a lot of people round here a laugh <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

OOOh!! OOOh! PM me with it, PM me with it!! <img src="/images/graemlins/devil.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

You'll have to imagine it <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> & then make it much worse <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />